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pawnee |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pawnee \Pawn*ee"\, n. (Law) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, n. pl.; sing. {Pawnee}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians (called also {Loups}) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also {Pani}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Pawnee n 1: a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma [syn: {Pawnee}] 2: the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee people [syn: {Pawnee}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Pawnee, IL (village, FIPS 58174) Location: 39.59201 N, 89.58088 W Population (1990): 2384 (964 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pawnee, OK (city, FIPS 57650) Location: 36.33507 N, 96.80115 W Population (1990): 2197 (1084 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74058
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